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Theses from 2016 2016

Development of Sulfur and Selenium Halogen Bonded Synthons and Mechanosynthesis of Halogen Bonded Cocrystals, Adam Michael Siegfried

Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Iron(II)- and Zinc(II) Complexes of Imidazole Thione and Selone Ligands: Investigations into Oxidation Mechanisms, Bradley Scott Stadelman

Synthesis and Applications of Highly Concentrated Silver Nanoparticles with an Ultra-Thin Silica Shell, Daniel R. Willett

Theses from 2015 2015

Understanding How Synthetic Organic Chemistry Graduate Students Navigate Scifinder, Lindsey Whitfield Cain

Picosecond Time-Resolved Studies of Multiple Energy Transfer in Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles, Louis Charles Groff II

Bombardment Simulations and Intercalation Studies of Carbon Materials, Charles Lowe

TOWARDS A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HYDROTHERMALLY GROWN GARNETS AND SESQUIOXIDE CRYSTALS FOR LASER APPLICATIONS, Cheryl Moore

TRACKING ANISOTROPIC OPTICAL TRACERS TO STUDY BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES AND CYTOTOXICITY, Khanh Van Nguyen

HIGH TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF REDUCED POLYOXOMETALATE SALT-INCLUSION SOLIDS, Dino Sulejmanovic

pH SENSING AND IMAGING WITH NANOPARTICLES AND IMPLANTABLE FILMS, Fenglin Wang

DEVELOPMENT OF A MINIATURIZED AMBIENT GLOW DISCHARGE IONIZATION SOURCE AND ITS APPLICATION IN ELEMENTAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS, Xinyan Zhang

Theses from 2014 2014

Optically Active and Stimuli-Responsive Macromolecules: Photophysics, Morphology and Sensor Applications, Ashley A. Buelt

Building Chemistry One Atom at a Time: An Investigation of the Effects of Two Curricula in Students' Understanding of Covalent Bonding and Atomic Size, Barbara Bull

New Synthetic Methodologies for Chemo-, Stereo-, and Regioselective 1,4-Conjugate Additions of Organometallic Reagents to Michael and Extended Michael Substrates and Alkene Halofunctionalization Reactions, Ramesh Dhakal

PASSIVATION AND FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOPARTICLES WITH HEAD GROUP MODIFIED PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND PROTEINS, Prakash Kandel

CNT Welding Through Ar Bombardment Using Airebo Potential and Optimization of an Extensionded Aireo Potential for F Atom to Simulate Hydrofluorocarbons, Mustafa Kucukkal

Miniaturization of Chemical Analysis Tools: Micro-Solid Phase Extraction Tips for Protein Extractions and Development of a Miniaturized Glow Discharge Source for Elemental Analysis, Benjamin Manard

NEUTRON STUDY OF STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF RIGID POLYMERS, Naresh Osti

DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF CARBON-BASED QUANTUM DOTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE PHOTOCONVERSION, Sushant Sahu

SURFACE MODIFICATIONS OF CAPILLARY-CHANNELED POLYMER (C-CP) FIBER STATIONARY PHASES: IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF HIGHLY SELECTIVE ANALYTE SEPARATIONS, Abby Schadock-Hewitt

ASSESSING COLLEGE STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF ACID BASE CHEMISTRY CONCEPTS, Yanjun Wan

Determining DNA Damage Prevention Mechanisms for Multifunctional Selenium and Sulfur Antioxidants and the DNA-Damaging Capabilities of Clotrimadozle and Pseudoephedrine-Derived Metal Complexes, Matthew Todd Zimmerman

Theses from 2013 2013

MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOPHOSPHORS FOR TISSUE IMAGING AND DRUG DELIVERY, Hongyu Chen

NEUTRON STUDY OF STRUCTURED POLYMERS AT INTERFACES, Thusitha Etampawala

Bombardment of Graphite and Amorphous Carbon Surfaces Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Toward A More Realistic Experimental Model, Marcel Fallet

Hydrothermal Crystal Growth of Metal Borates for Optical Applications, Carla Heyward

Bond-Centric Modifications to Bond-Order Potentials and Ab-initio Evaluation of Nanostructured Materials Properties, Jaewoong Hur

Molecular Dynamics Simulations using Advanced Sampling and Polarizable Force Fields, Tugba Kucukkal

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CHROMOPHORES AND SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS INCORPORATING A 1,4-FLUORENYLENE SCAFFOLD, Brynna Laughlin

Sulfonated Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB) Aryl Ether Polymers: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Characterization for Polymer Electrolyte Applications, Jiyoung Park

EXPLORATORY SYNTHESIS OF NEW IRON(II,III)-CONTAINING POLYANION FRAMEWORK SOLIDS OF ELECTROCHEMICAL AND MAGNETIC INTEREST, Liurukara Sanjeewa

HYDROTHERMAL CHEMISTRY, CRYSTAL STRUCTURES, AND SPECTROSCOPY OF NOVEL FLUORIDES AND BORATES, Christopher Underwood

Theses from 2012 2012

SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENTS: CAPILLARY-CHANNELED POLYMER FIBERS EMPLOYED IN PROTEIN SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION APPLICATIONS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTIVE COMPONENTS IN BOTANICAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, Carolyn Burdette

SOLVATION ENERGY OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURES: A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF SALT ON BIOMOLECULES THROUGH IMPLICIT AS WELL AS EXPLICIT SOLVATION METHODS, Mihir Date

CUPRATE MEDIATED ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTIONS ON VINYLEPOXIDES AND CONJUGATE ADDITIONS ON 2-PYRIDONES, Yaxin Huang

SURFACE MODIFICATIONS OF CAPILLARY-CHANNELED POLYMER (C-CP) FIBERS FOR APPLICATIONS IN HIGHLY SELECTIVE SEPARATIONS, Jennifer Pittman

SELF-ASSEMBLED AND FLOW INDUCED NANO-STRUCTURES IN POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, Dilru Ratnaweera

Finding a new continent versus mapping all the rivers: Recognition, ownership, and the scientific epistemological development of practicing scientists and engineers, Andrea Verdan

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MAGNETIC SOLIDS FEATURING 3D-4F HETEROMETALLIC OXIDES COMPRISED OF SPIN CHAINS AND 3D-6P NONCENTROSYMMETRIC OXIDES TEMPLATED BY ACENTRIC SALT UNITS, Jennings West

Theses from 2011 2011

SEMIFLUORINATED AROMATIC ETHER POLYMERS SEGMENTED WITH POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG), Dakarai Brown

SINGLE PARTICLE AND ENSEMBLE SPECTROSCOPY OF CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY, Jennifer Grimland

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND REACTIVITY OF BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT COPPER(I) SELONE AND THIONE COMPLEXES, Martin Kimani

CONJUGATED POLYMERS AND INTER-CHROMOPHORE INTERACTIONS: SYNTHESIS, PHOTOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION, Anshuman Mangalum

ELECTROLYTE INCORPORATION INTO COMPOSITE ELECTRODES FOR PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, Jung Oh

PARTICLE BEAM GLOW DISCHARGE SPECTROSCOPY AS A TOOL FOR SPECIATION AND METALLOMICS ANALYSIS, Charles Quarles jr

TARGETING A-FORM NUCLEIC ACIDS: A NEOMYCIN BASED APPROACH, Nicholas Shaw

Bridging the gap between structures and properties: An investigation and evaluation of students' representational competence, Sonia Underwood

Synthesis and Characterization of Extended Solids Containing Nano-Sized Transition Metal Oxide Lattices, Matthew Williams

Modification and Characterization of Fluorescent Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Single Molecule Detection, Yueli Zheng

Theses from 2010 2010

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BOTANICAL PRODUCTS: COMPREHENSIVE SPECIATION BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY PARTICLE BEAM MASS SPECTROMETRY, Joaudimir Castro georgi

POLY (ACRYLONITRILE-CO-1-VINYLIMIDAZOLE): A NEW MELT PROCESSABLE CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR, Wenjin Deng

Synthesis and Optical Properties of Silver Nanostructures, John Heckel

PERFLUOROALKYL PHOSPHONIC AND PHOSPHINIC ACID ELECTROLYTES FOR PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS, Mahesha Herath

SYNTHESIS OF META-TERPHENYL SCAFFOLDED MOLECULES FOR CATALYSIS AND SENSOR APPLICATIONS, Brad Morgan

DESIGN AND REGIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF TWO AND THREE-PRONGED C₆₀ FULLERENE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS, Angy Ortiz-hernandez

SYNTHESIS OF TRIMETALLIC NITRIDE ENDOHEDRAL METALLOFULLERENE DERIVATIVES FOR ENHANCED SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION, Julio Pinzon joya

Molecular Mechanics Studies of Enzyme Evolutionary Mechanisms, Manoj Singh

PREPARATION AND STUDIES OF FLUORESCENT CARBON NANOMATERIALS, Xin Wang

Novel Neomycin Conjugates for Multi-Recognition of Nucleic Acids, Albert Willis

Theses from 2009 2009

SYNTHESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL FULLERENE-BASED STRUCTURES FOR PHOTOVOLTAICS, ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS AND MRI CONTRAST AGENTS, Manuel Chaur

DEVELOPMENT OF A FLUORESCENT PROBE FOR DETERMINATION OF WATER TRANSPORT IN SUBCELLULAR ORGANELLES, Adriana Chaurra-arboleda

ORGANOCUPRATE MEDIATED SYNTHESES OF O, AND N-HETEROCYCLES, Fenghai Guo

SYNTHESIS OF IONIC LIQUID MONOMERS USING FLUORINATED SULFONYL IMIDE ANIONS AND THE 1,3-DIALKYLIMIDAZOLIUM CATION, Thomas Hickman

Synthesis and Characterization of Metallic, Core-shell and Composite nanoparticles, Amar Kumbhar

Synthesis, modification of mesoporous carbons and their application in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Bing Liu

Hydrothermal Crystal Growth of Tetravalent and Pentavalent Metal Oxides, James Mann

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MAGNETIC SOLIDS CONTAINING PERIODIC ARRAYS OF TRANSITION METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES, Wendy Queen

UNDERSTANDING THE ANTIOXIDANT MECHANISM OF INORGANIC SELENIUM, OXO- SULFUR, AND POLYPHENOL COMPOUNDS, AND THE BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLES, Ria Ramoutar

Synthesis of Complex Fluorides for Optical Applications, Seth Stepleton

FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF SMALL MOLECULES AND MACROMOLECULES ON POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) CAPILLARY-CHANNELED POLYMER FIBERS, Christine Straut

INVESTIGATION OF PHOTOPHYSICAL AND PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOPARTICLES BY SINGLE PARTICLE AND ENSEMBLE SPECTROSCOPY, Craig Szymanski

Polymeric Carbon Nanocomposites - Preparation, Characterization, and Properties, Lucia Veca

Theses from 2008 2008

STRATEGIES FOR EXPANDING THE HALOGEN BONDING PERIODIC TABLE AND DESIGINING COMPLEMENTARY HALOGEN/HYDROGEN BONDING SYNTHONS, Hadi Arman

THE ROLE OF METAL COORDNATION IN THE INHIBITION OF IRON(II)- AND COPPER(I)-MEDIATED DNA DAMAGE BY ORGANOSELENIUM AND ORGANOSULFUR COMPOUNDS, Erin Battin

EXPLORATORY SYNTHESIS OF NEW OPEN-FRAMEWORK IRON (II,III)-CONTAINING POLYANION SYSTEMS TARGETED FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY APPLICATIONS, Gregory Becht

SYNTHESIS, ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, AND REACTIVITY OF ENDOHEDRAL METALLOFULLERENES AND OTHER ENDOHEDRAL CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES, Bevan Elliott

FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, Lingrong Gu

Novel Lactide Derived Polymers; Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Dahlia Haynes

STRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGHLY RIGID IONOMERS, Lilin He

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATION OF Ag NANOSTRUCTURES, Stephen Hudson

SEMIFLUORINATED POLYMERS VIA CYCLOADDITION AND NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITION REACTIONS OF AROMATIC TRIFLUOROVINYLETHERS, Scott Iacono

STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF POLY (PARA-PHENYLENEETHYNYLENE)S IN SOLUTIONS AND THIN FILMS, Yunfei Jiang

Fabrication and Optical Properties of Noble Metal Nanostructures, Mark Kinnan

Perfluorocyclobutyl Aryl Ether Polymers: A Modular Approach to Tailored Emission, Andrew Neilson

Synthesis and Electrochemical Studies in Microstructured Media, Jamie Norton

Hybrid Bond-Order Potential for Silicon, Suleiman Oloriegbe

EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOL COMPOUNDS ON IRON-AND COPPER-MEDIATED DNA DAMAGE: MECHANISMS AND PREDICTIVE MODELS, Nathan Perron

SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF OXY-ANION BASED MAGNETIC SOLIDS CONTAINING TRANSITION METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES, Kulugammana gedera Ranmohotti

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MACROPOROUS ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOASSAYS, Ashwin Rao

Design and Validation of a Multimethod Assessment of Metacognition and Study of the Effectiveness of Metacognitive Interventions, Guillermo Sandi-urena

Synthesis and Pharmacology of N-alkyl-3-(halo-naphthoyl)indoles, Valerie Smith

CARBON NANOTUBES AND NANOCOMPOSITES FOR THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATIONS, Wei Wang

Fluorescent conjugated polymer dots for single molecule imaging and sensing applications, Changfeng Wu

Theses from 2007 2007

Mixed Quantum-Classical Molecular Dynamics Study of a Hydrated Electron and an Investigation of Temperature Control Algorithms, Janet Aremu-cole

THE GLOW DISCHARGE - A MULTIFACETED OPTICAL EMISSION SOURCE: FROM SOLIDS ANALYSIS TO METALLOPROTEINS, Timothy Brewer

POST-PRODUCTION SEPARATION AND FUNCTIONALIZATION OF SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES, Kurukulasuriya Fernando

LITHIUM-CONDUCTING IONIC MELT ELECTROLYTES FROM OLIGOMERIC ETHYLENE GLYCOLS: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION, Boutros Hallac

Adaptive Treatment of van der Waals Interactions in Empirical Bond-Order Potentials with Application to Junction Formation in Carbon Nanotubes, Aibing Liu

STUDIES OF THE STABILITY AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF PYRROLIDINOFULLERENES AND OTHER FULLERENE DERIVATIVES, Olena Lukoyanova

Hydrothermal Crystal Growth of Oxides for Optical Applications, Colin Mcmillen

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